The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has said the party has a blueprint for the political development of the Southeast.
He also said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had approved the document for the Southeast and its integration into the nation’s mainstream politics.
Ganduje said this while the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) hosted APC leaders and stakeholders from Anambra State at the national secretariat yesterday in Abuja.
The national chairman, who assured APC supporters from the Southeast of the party’s resolve to increase its presence in the region, noted that the revolution of taking over the zone would begin with the Anambra State governorship election in 2025.
“I would like to let you know that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved our blueprint for the political development of the Southeast to the APC. He has approved the political de-marginalisation of the Southeast.
“One is not happy when a region speaks of marginalisation. But you need to be united. You need to speak with one voice because if you speak with one voice, your voice will be bigger, wider and will be easy to be heard”.
“You need a platform for negotiation at the national level. For now, you have been known and you have to be united. The liberal revolution is starting from Anambra State”.
The Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) and Chairman of South East Governors’ Forum, Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State, who was accompanied by the Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum and Kwara State Governor Abdulrasak Abdulrahman, Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni and Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule during the visit, said the ruling party was set to become the vehicle for the Southeast to be fully integrated into the national project.
He said: “In the Nigerian project, we are determined in our region to be part and parcel of the Nigerian politics. Consistent with that, we are going to do our best to make sure that the five states in the Southeastern region are dominated by APC by endearing our party to the people of the Southeast region”.
